Do Childhood Conduct Problems Predict Negative Outcomes in Adolescence? A Longitudinal Analysis

The primary purpose of this study was to conduct a prospective examination of the relationship between childhood conduct problems and five outcomes in adolescence– namely, Physically violent offenses; Non-violent offenses; Deviant lifestyle; Consumption of tobacco, cannabis, or alcohol; and Meeting the symptom count diagnostic criteria for Conduct Disorder (CD) – while controlling for a series of sociodemographic factors, family characteristics and adolescent experiences. Logistic regression analyses were used to determine if childhood conduct problems in the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) Cycle 1 contributed to negative outcomes in adolescence in NLSCY Cycle 4. This was a prospective, population-based study of 3,725 adolescents (12-15 years old) in the NLSCY Cycle 4 (2000-2001) who were 6-9 years old in NLSCY Cycle 1 (1994-95). Childhood conduct problems were found to be associated with Non-violent offenses and Consumption of tobacco, cannabis, or alcohol in adolescence, but they were not found to be associated with Physically violent offenses or Deviant lifestyle in adolescence. Furthermore, children with conduct problems before the age of 10 were more likely to meet the symptom count diagnostic criteria for CD in adolescence.

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Using a genetically informative design to examine the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood conduct problems

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1007/s00787-011-0224-y ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (11-12) ◽

pp. 571-579 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Katherine H. Shelton ◽

Stephan Collishaw ◽

Frances J. Rice ◽

Gordon T. Harold ◽

Anita Thapar

Keyword(s):

Conduct Problems ◽

Childhood Conduct Problems ◽

Childhood Conduct ◽

The Relationship

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The Effect of Childhood Conduct Problems on Early Onset Substance Use: An Examination of the Mediating and Moderating Roles of Parenting Styles

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/0022042618811784 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 139-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marvin D. Krohn ◽

Pilar Larroulet ◽

Terence P. Thornberry ◽

Thomas A. Loughran

Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

Protective Effect ◽

Conduct Problems ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Early Onset ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Effective Parenting ◽

Childhood Conduct Problems ◽

Childhood Conduct ◽

The Relationship

This study examines the role that effective parenting plays in the relationship between childhood conduct problems and the early onset of drug use. Effective parenting is posited to have a direct protective effect on drug use, a moderating effect on the relationship between conduct problems and early onset, and mediate the relationship between conduct problems and early onset. Two-generational panel data are used to examine these relationships among 263 parent–child dyads. Support is found for the direct protective effect of effective parenting on early onset .and for a partial mediating effect of parenting in the relationship between conduct problems and early onset. There was no support found for parenting moderating the risk that is posed by having childhood conduct problems. Implications for preventing childhood conduct problems from resulting in early onset of drug use through enhancing efforts to help parents cope with such problems are discussed.

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